The Fading Line

Today at the West Baton Rouge Museum, the Mid-City Dance Project will be performaning The Fading Line: A Commemoration of the 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott. The dance, which is complete with period costumes, was choreographed by Renee Chatelain and interprets the historic boycott protesting the racial segregation of the Baton Rouge bus system. Organized in large part by the Reverend T. J. Jemison, the Baton Rouge bus boycott laid the ground work for later bus boycotts including the Montgomery bus boycott designed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1955. Free and family appropriate. 2 pm. 845 North Jefferson Avenue. westbatonrougemuseum.com or call (225) 336-2422 Ext. 15.